Amelia Anne

We spent Easter Saturday with mom's cousin Kim and her daughter Amelia. I absolutely adore Amelia and love having a little girl around to play with! Amelia loooooved mom's dog Maggie so much she even got in the crate with her! Then, before they left, she got an early Easter present-- a Hello Kitty umbrella I bought in Japan!

LOUIS!

We always tease my friend Louis about how dark he is-- when he came to visit last month, we got a reminder of how tricky it is to fit him in to pictures! It was a blast to reminisce about dressing him up as a Hershey's Special Dark bar for Halloween one year and enjoying some amazing Italian food at Capozzi's! Come back soon, Louis! 

AOII LA

This year, Leadership Academy for AOII was about Recruitment, so I got to go up and spend a couple of days in a recruitment crash course-- it was awesome! I'm a major rush nerd!

Me and TJ Sullivan, who went to school at IU! He had a great speech about motivating the middle portion of membership.

We woke up Saturday to snow! It was even nice enough to go away by the next morning so we could drive home.

Morgan! I'm so proud of her-- she's lost almost 60lb in the last year and is an inspiration to me-- hopefully the next picture you see of us we'll BOTH be this skinny!

The beautiful chandelier at AOII Headquarters! I want to say it's by some crazy classic designer but I honestly can't recall... Swiggett?

A little more January

There's a bar called The Volstead in Athens -- they have a very cool ice run in the bar that you can put your beer on to keep it cold! Also in the background are liquor taps so they can serve chilled shots. It was super neat!

Sushi Ave for my birthday -- mango and green tea ice cream are just as good as when I turned 14!

We got to go to battle of the bands which was pretty darn cool - not as hyped up as we expected/hoped, but still awesome.

Gaelic Storm for my birthday! Not a bad tradition to keep up...

Callaway Gardens

When we went down to Columbus in December for Jeremy's 40 mile run, I took the day to wander around Callaway. Since winter has been strangely warm (which is why, clearly, it's 40's and rainy in March now!) it was a gorgeous day. I just love Callaway and hope J decides to do the race again next year so I have an excuse to go again! My favorite part was seeing the Birds of Prey show, which is a Callaway staple. With miles of hikes, historical landmarks, beautiful vistas and awesome birds I can't wait to head back. 

Future IIOA

After I saw Lauren and Hudson for dinner, he got to come to his first AOII event-- he was so well behaved, and only a little distracting!

These kids...

"Do the spiders look like they're coming out of my throat?!"